Gertrudenberg Monastery
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Only under Bishop Phillipp von Katzenellenbogen in 1142 was not only the Gertrude church enlarged, but also the monastery building completed. He also introduced the strict Benedictine order rules in the recently founded monastery.
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•January 3, 2023
The Gertrudenberg Monastery is a former Benedictine abbey in Osnabrück (Lower Saxony).It was founded in the first half of the 12th century and existed until 1803.The Lower Saxony State Hospital Osnabrück, which was privatized in 2007, is located on the former monastery grounds.The former abbess's house and the monastery church with a baroque high altar, the Gertrudenkirche, have been preserved. It is used as a simultaneous church.Source and further information:de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloster_Gertrudenberg
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